Psychologies

What’s it really like to try… SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY

If I were to tell you there is a therapy that barely needs to know what your problems are, nor is it trying to eliminate them; a therapy that doesn’t seek answers by unpicking your past, but is designed to help you take control of the rumination and catastrophising that is often at the root of a downward spiral; a therapy that allows only forward, goal-focused thinking, with no negative talk, and encourages you to dream and visualise your happier future, and aims to sort you out quickly – would you believe me?

I doubt I am alone in that I have tried many therapies over the years. Hoping to overcome and learn to live better with my emotional mixed bag of low self-esteem, amplified critical voice, life-long body issues, and anxiety levels as changeable as the British weather. But then I came across solution-focused therapy (SFT), and I was intrigued; I’m aware

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